Wednesday, 24 August 2016

The Tiny Home Movement

The tiny home movement: a creative response to the US homelessness crisis


Gregory Kloehn likes to challenge people’s ideas of home. Since 2010, the Oakland, Californian artist, whose “dumpster house” was featured on the Rachel Ray show in 2012, has been photographing and studying all different kinds of homes. Kloehn is particularly fascinated by structures made out of simple tarps and cardboard boxes. So, a few years ago, he decided to try his hand at building a home out of other people’s trash. Read more...


The tiny house village in Seattle. The structures, which are funded by a variety of donors, cost about $2,300 to build, and the labor is often provided free of charge by students at local trade schools.
The tiny house village in Seattle. The structures, which are funded by a variety of donors, cost about $2,300 to build, and the labor is often provided free of charge by students at local trade schools. Photograph: Courtesy of LIHI

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